In a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society like Singapore‚ there is a need to manage the racial and religious sensitivities and promote tolerance and harmony. In addition‚ there is also the need to build national identity by instilling a sense of belonging. Therefore‚ there is a need to identify the most important problem out of the three and then solve it. The first problem is managing the perceptions of different racial groups. There is a need to manage this problem as preconceived notions
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pickle because in a world where people live and die by their culture‚ I find myself wanting to give mine up. I was born in Florida which is known to be a melting pot for many different cultures and ethnic groups. This was a blessing for me‚ as a kid due to me not really fitting into any specific ethnic categories. When I was a baby my mom
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My group chose to do the topic on the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) because it deals with rascism‚ which is a topic that is very important to Singapore’s society and controversial at the same time. To get the major races mingling and to prevent people forming racial enclaves‚ HDB introduced the EIP in 1989. Soham and me are from a minority race which makes the issue more relevant to the group. The foundation of this country is bulit along Racial Harmony‚ we have seen what can happen with an
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Diversity in American society has been widely talked about for the past few decades. Equality activists have pushed for diverse populations in every aspect of American culture. With this trend comes the topic of racism‚ which is wound into almost any diversity conversation. Diversity may matter greatly in some areas‚ like equal opportunity employers or political offices‚ but the debate has raged in the educational world as well. The question at the center of diversity in education is as follows:
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collective achievement. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the preferencing of an individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group. Or tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. It can be good for the individual country because it helps society stick together as a whole‚ but it often is a bad thing for the world as a
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Identity‚ Teaching‚ and Learning 1 Our self-identity has a lot to do with how we are perceived and treated by both significant and nonsignificant others. O ur identity is the very core of who we are as human beings. From birth‚ we are subject to how we are thought about‚ treated‚ and cared for by the significant persons in our lives as well as by others in multiple environments. Our ideas about self are largely a reflection of others’ ideas about us‚ good and bad or in between.
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constant berating of excuses. In Mai-Anh’s explanation she nonchalantly tells her mother that she wants to start her business in LA‚ then which she conveys tones that she never wants to go back‚ further abandoning her ethnic roots. This displays that Mai-Anh does not care much about her ethnic identity‚ which makes it easier for her to go along with the altercation surgeries. Mai-Anh does describe herself of being part of both Asian and American cultures. However‚ she will never deny that she is originally
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communities. Conversely‚ to buy into this strategy could only mean to be at odds with “multiculturalism” since “integration” is the root claim in inclusiveness. Chua (2015) penned that in a country like Singapore‚ integration with other different ethnic communities “is not only about fitting in” (Chua‚ 2015) but also to let the host be changed a little by the presence of new members of community. To assimilate cultural differences and to place communal peace in order‚ Singapore relies on its Sedition
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Introduction National identity is a debatable issue in most modern countries since there is no single ethnic country but more than four fifth countries all over the world consist of multi-ethnic groups‚ as Jiang (1997) argued. Therefore it is rather difficult to define a common point of a modern country. The multi-ethnic communities also cause conflicts within a society. However sports events often provide a channel to solidify citizens in a country‚ like the World Cup fever. At times sports affiliation
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population in the national parks of England and Wales? The table provided shows the results of the 2011 Census and the distribution of multiple ethnic groups around the national parks of England and Wales. The table gives the populations of 13 National Parks. Three of the national parks are found in Wales and ten are in England. There are 5 ethnic categories; white‚ mixed‚ Asian‚ black and other. These are divided into 18 sub-categories. The first column shows the total number of people usually
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